Building a village for neurodivergent families (with Jessica Shaw of the “Everyone Gets A Juice Box” podcast)
Thu Oct 23 2025
In this final episode of In It, we talk with Jessica Shaw, who’s launching a new podcast called TBD — it’s about the beautiful roller coaster that is parenting neurodivergent kids.
As a mom to two teenage daughters, Jessica reflects on what she wishes she’d known earlier, what she’s learned along the way, and why finding a community of parents who truly get it can be life-changing.
To our audience: We’ve loved every minute of making this show. Thank you for listening, for sharing, and for being part of this beautiful community.
We’re so grateful you’ve been in it with us.
For more on this topic:
Read: How to find your parent support networkRead: Asking friends and family for helpTimestamps:
(06:30) Why a community of parents who get it is so important
(09:03) Managing your child’s care with a co-parent
(15:30) An actually helpful bit of parenting advice
(24:32) Gretchen and Rachel’s biggest takeaways from In It
We love hearing from our listeners! Email us at init@understood.org.
Understood.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you want to help us continue this work, donate at understood.org/give
Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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In this final episode of In It, we talk with Jessica Shaw, who’s launching a new podcast called TBD — it’s about the beautiful roller coaster that is parenting neurodivergent kids. As a mom to two teenage daughters, Jessica reflects on what she wishes she’d known earlier, what she’s learned along the way, and why finding a community of parents who truly get it can be life-changing. To our audience: We’ve loved every minute of making this show. Thank you for listening, for sharing, and for being part of this beautiful community. We’re so grateful you’ve been in it with us. For more on this topic: Read: How to find your parent support networkRead: Asking friends and family for helpTimestamps: (06:30) Why a community of parents who get it is so important (09:03) Managing your child’s care with a co-parent (15:30) An actually helpful bit of parenting advice (24:32) Gretchen and Rachel’s biggest takeaways from In It We love hearing from our listeners! Email us at init@understood.org. Understood.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering people with learning and thinking differences, like ADHD and dyslexia. If you want to help us continue this work, donate at understood.org/give Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.